Fearless Cities 2021
41 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -Fearless Cities is an informal global movement of activists, organizations, councilors and mayors that are working to radicalize democracy, feminize politics and drive the transition to an economy that cares for people and our environment.
The first Fearless Cities event was organized by Barcelona En Comú in 2017, and was attended by over 700 people representing over 100 municipalist organizations from every continent. The book documenting the first Fearless city Summit has been translated into five languages.
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The city as a home: the right to housing - La ciudad como hogar: el derecho a la vivienda
July 26, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 58.4 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/s3814fw1aU4 === The city as a home: the right to housing === What makes a city a city and not just a collection of buildings? Without a doubt, the people who live in it. Real estate speculation has sent cities into a destructive spiral where residents are pushed out. In this session, we'll discuss the emergence of movements that defend the right to housing and municipalist policies that can help to save cities. === La ciudad como hogar...
The City Versus the State
July 26, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 73.4 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/x33414MIzWM === The City vs the State === An important thesis of municipalism is that empowered cities will slowly divest the centralized state of power, bringing authority closer to people at the local level. But what happens when the state fights back? Around the world we’ve seen municipal jurisdictions assert themselves only to have regional or state governments circumscribe their power. And if we elect municipal candidates to regiona...
The machine that kills fascists: music in politics
July 26, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/dUmDUgfNYoQ === The machine that kills fascists: music in politics === === La máquina que mata fascistas: la música en la política === === La màquina que mata feixistes: la música en la política === ===== More info about #FearlessCities2021 at https://www.fearlesscities.com Follow us on https://twitter.com/BComuGlobal
Transformando cómo cuidamos - Transforming how we care
July 26, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/qnR5VKOzXt8 === Transforming how we care === All of us, at some point in our lives, will have to be cared for, and perhaps take care of others. The current health, economic, social and emotional crisis has highlighted the importance of care in our society and our lives and has exposed a failed model of elder care. In this session we'll share different projects from Barcelona, Trieste and Bogotá that aim to guarantee dignified aging and v...
Transparent and fair municipalities: challenging corruption and organized crime
July 26, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/GV7pXR2NW_E === Transparent and fair municipalities: challenging corruption and organized crime === Corruption and organized crime are scourges that affect municipalities around the world. In this session, we'll discuss corruption and organized crime at local level, the role played by countries that are tax and legal havens and the policies are needed for a more transparent and fair world. === Municipios transparentes y justos: lucha co...
Y a los defensores y defensoras de Derechos Humanos, ¿quién los defiende?
July 26, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 79 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/5rFHOBiqhN8 === Who defends the human rights defenders? === If aliens were to visit Earth, they would assume that we humans would protect those who dedicate their lives to defending us. This isn't so: Human Rights defenders see their rights frequently violated. We listen to first-person testimonies and talk about the cities that do defend the defenders and the need to open a state, European and international political process. === Y a ...
Feminization of politics - La feminización de la política
July 26, 2021 16:50 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/hBQ2enQDSDE ===== More info about #FearlessCities2021 at https://www.fearlesscities.com Follow us on https://twitter.com/BComuGlobal
L’expérience municipaliste au Nord-Est syrien. Comment peut-elle influencer d’autres expériences?
July 26, 2021 16:49 - 52 minutes - 48.8 MBWatch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TbUxNr8W1f8 L’expérience municipaliste au Nord-Est syrien. Comment peut-elle influencer d’autres expériences municipalistes? Intervenants: Corinne Morel-Darleux Maya Abdelwahab Antoine Back Zoé Lorioux-Chevalier Modéré par: Jérémie Chomette Organisé dans le cadre du projet JASMINES avec le concours de la Ville de Grenoble, de la Ville de Lyon et de la Fondation France Libertés. ===== More info about #FearlessCities2021 at https://www.fearless...
Getting our hands dirty: stories of activists and electoral politics
July 26, 2021 16:49 - 1 hour - 107 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/b1Ql1JMXHY0 === Getting our hands dirty: stories of activists and electoral politics === Join us for the opening session of Fearless Cities where activists from some of the most innovative and powerful grassroots organizations will share their experiences of electoral politics and working with allies in government. The session will close with a special annoucement about the Fearless network and a speech by Ada Colau, Mayor of Barcelona. ...
¡Desafiemos a la extrema derecha! - Let's stand up to the far right!
July 26, 2021 16:41 - 1 hour - 79.3 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/nXo19OnLBbo === Let's stand up to the far right! === The far right, which is opposed to municipalism and real social change, has been on the rise in recent years and has become mainstream in some parts of society. While Trump is no longer President of the U.S., there are several countries in which his admirers are still in power. What can we do in towns and cities to challenge this trend? What is the best way to stop the far right and dr...
Local currencies, common data and social justice
July 26, 2021 16:41 - 1 hour - 68.4 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/8rF6Tq2tN9I === Local currencies, common data and social justice === Digitization weakens some of our rights and increases the power of big lobbies, but it also opens doors to a closer democracy from the municipalities. We talk about how to use tools like local currencies and public data control to build a new digital economic democracy. === Monedas locales, datos comunes y justicia social === La digitalización debilita algunos de nues...
Los tabúes de la izquierda: hablemos de seguridad
July 26, 2021 16:41 - 1 hour - 85.6 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/NhfZ9wifyiE === Taboos of the left: let's talk about policing and security === Policing and security is an area traditionally dominated by the right. Not only do their policies fail to solve the existing problems, they even increase violence against citizens and groups. Ceding this terrain to conservative forces prevents us from transforming realities and contributes to reproducing the current model. What barriers stop the left from add...
Municipalism in Europe: an opportunity to tackle social and political crisis?
July 26, 2021 16:41 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/cxsGLeKqe38 === Municipalism in Europe: an opportunity to tackle social and political crisis? === Different municipalist platforms all over Europe, some in local power, some developing themselves to build a bottom-up platform in their cities, will share their experiences facing social and economic crisis at a local level as well as building a real political alternative in Europe. We will also tallk about how to influence EU policies from...
Municipalismo y Renta Básica Universal: ¿Qué tienen en común?
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 73.5 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/Kj96QA92f-c === Municipalism and the Universal Basic Income: What’s in Common? === The Universal Basic Income, the unconditional salary for the entire population that guarantees a decent life, can be understood as a way to distribute the common wealth among all citizens and as a citizen's right that rewards the losses related to the privatizations that take over the community media. In addition, it would serve as a material guarantee to...
Organizaciones municipalistas cuidadoras: experiencias de pandemia y mas allá
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/3b2LV07dtyw === Municipal organizations that take care of their activists - experiences from the pandemic and beyond === How can we ensure that our organizations become more feminist and more caring? Activists from Barcelona en Comú and Ciudad Futura (Argentina) invite us to share approaches and create strategies in an open conversation === Organizaciones municipalistas cuidadoras: experiencias de pandemia y mas allá === ¿Cómo hacer qu...
Organizaciones, ciudades y constituciones en clave feminista
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 61 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/Nzexu4JPiBk === Organizations, cities and constitutions from a feminist perspective === This session will allow us to reflect on the construction of feminist institutions, where we are, and how long we still have to go. What role do feminism and LGBTI politics have in left-wing organizations, in municipalist governments and in constitutional processes such as the one is currently going on in Chile? We share experiences on the feminist tr...
Organizing in the 2020s: challenges and innovations at international level
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 82.5 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/xxoJLSuZl-M === Organizing in the 2020s: challenges and innovations at international level === Transformative political candidacies around the world don’t usually enjoy economic or media power. Their strength is found in grassroots organizing, in direct communication and in the ability to mobilize a majority to win. Experts in grassroots organizing will discuss the challenges they face in 2021 and share how they are innovating to take ...
Participación y movilización antirracista
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/P2Yvf2UzmzI === Antiracist participation and organizing === The structural racism found in wider society is reproduced in progressive movements and parties, creating deep inequalities in the participation and representation of certain groups. This makes it essential that we work on actions and mechanisms to dismantle racism and drive the participation and empowerment of people who aren't white. We'll share the challenges to antiracist pa...
Protect our School environments
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/eeWOCK9iRrw === Protect our School environments === Schools are very valuable spaces. In them, our children begin to understand themselves, others and the world around them. Play Streets in London or Protegim les Escoles in Barcelona are the fruit of a social movement calling for healthier and safer cities where childhood is no longer suffocated by traffic, but dedicated to games, learning and exploration. === ¿Es que nadie va a pensar ...
Racismo, xenofobia y homofobia en el deporte
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 74.6 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/HihRFDxIbP8 === Racism, Xenophobia and Homophobia in sport === Is sport a mirror that reflects the problems of society? The practice of sport is a powerful facilitator for development and empowerment, which is why the discrimination within it is important. Even when these are not behaviors that represent the whole of society or appear frequently, they have wide repercussions and social impact when they occur. Sports clubs have covered...
Southern Europe Municipalist Networks
July 26, 2021 16:40 - 1 hour - 74.9 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/kwPgDe5fSis === Southern Europe municipalist networks === The countries and cities of Southern Europe share a common culture and history and many times we live similar political situations. However, for years it has always seemed that the alliances of Anglo-Saxon neoliberalism or the countries favorable to the austerity of the Troika were always easier. Has the response to the Covid crisis managed to change this situation? Will we be abl...
Taking back public space
July 26, 2021 16:39 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/t7McsPUZ06I === Taking back public space === What if the cities we live in were designed for people rather than for cars? We discuss the revolution that is transforming european urban space: superblocks. === Recuperemos el espacio público === ¿Y si las ciudades en las que vivimos estuvieran diseñadas para las personas y no para los coches? Hablamos de la revolución que está transformando el espacio urbano europeo: la Superilla. === Re...
Feminism and democracy: networks of hate and hope
July 26, 2021 16:28 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/rgrbitevYbo === Feminism and democracy: networks of hate and hope === The privatizatization of the public digital space in the hands of big tech platforms has triggered the rise of technopolitics controlled by the 1% that uses the digital hate machines of the far right. The result is rising violence in the digital world, particularly against women in politics. Nonetheless, in the age of data colonialism and platform-capitalism, feminist ...
Innovación social y municipalismo - Social innovation and municipalism
July 26, 2021 16:28 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/hzihbpJhrKo === Social innovation and municipalism === Cities are at the forefront in the fight against poverty and inequalities (which have worsened as a result of the pandemic), and often find themselves covering the obvious shortcomings of other levels of government. In this session, municipalities that are implementing innovative policies to guarantee the social rights of all neighbors and to achieve a social solution to the crisis ...
Is a municipalist policing possible? - ¿Es posible una policía municipalista?
July 26, 2021 16:28 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/zl2rOBZH2EM === Is a municipalist policing possible? === How should municipalist governments manage the police? Insecurity is often among the greatest public concerns. But cases of police brutality have put the debate about police methods on the agenda; in particular their proportionality, biases and impunity. In this session, we'll reflect on the challenges of guaranteeing the safety and equality of citizens as municipalists in the cont...
La igualdad empieza en los barrios: acción social de proximidad
July 26, 2021 16:28 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/SqELKdQtfPg === Equality begins in the neighborhoods: local social action === Social equality in our towns and cities is built from the neighborhood level. It is in the neighborhoods where social segregation is increasingly seen, between classes or by origin. In this session, we'll share brave local policies that are improving living standards and combatting inequality. === La igualdad empieza en los barrios: acción social de proximida...
La movilización en los años 20: retos e innovaciones a nivel internacional
July 26, 2021 16:28 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/apUoylmhmjg === Organizing in the 2020s: challenges and innovations at international level === Transformative political candidacies around the world don’t usually enjoy economic or media power. Their strength is found in grassroots organizing, in direct communication and in the ability to mobilize a majority to win. Experts in grassroots organizing will discuss the challenges they face in 2021 and share how they are innovating to take ...
Las Islas Jaula y los municipios enfrentándose a la Europa Fortaleza
July 26, 2021 16:28 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/WMolcC8eBn0 === Prison islands and the municipalities standing up to Fortress Europe === The intensification of migratory flows to the European continent through the Mediterranean has met with deterrence and containment policies on the part of the EU. This process has created so-called “Prison Islands”, in addition to serious violations of human rights and international law at sea. Lampedusa, Lesbos and (San Cristóbal de) La Laguna are t...
Contratación pública y administración local: ¿herramienta municipalista para transformar la economía?
July 26, 2021 16:22 - 1 hour - 81.9 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/FBOp0sQpFOQ === Public contracting and the local administration: a municipalist tool for transforming the economy? === Municipalism advances towards a more inclusive, democratic, sustainable and feminist economy. In order to achieve this, public contracting can be a useful tool, which represents a significant weight of local economies. In this session we will talk about the potential, limits and complexities of public contracting as a t...
Dual Power
July 26, 2021 16:22 - 1 hour - 79.7 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/DAKqtLppG2s === Dual Power === Dual Power is a form of organizing in which we build a new world in the shell of the old. In this panel we'll discuss how to build parallel social, economic, and political systems. We'll explore how these new systems erode capitalist and state institutions by meeting basic human needs, channeling collective action, challenging the legitimacy of the existing system and allowing a transfer of power and author...
Cultura, ¿derecho o negocio?
July 26, 2021 16:21 - 59 minutes - 54.7 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/cD0FnBZN-hs === Culture, a right or an industry? === If we see healthcare, education or housing as a right, why is culture still seen as an industry? Culture is essential, it excites us, unites us, allows us to understand each other, shapes our collective memory, demolishes prejudices and invents new freedoms. Ultimately, culture largely determines the possibilities that exist within a society. For this reason, a society will never be eg...
El futuro del municipalismo en España
July 26, 2021 16:21 - 1 hour - 86.3 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/YPPNkV3GxQE === The future of municipalism in Spain === Municipalism has become a political phenomenon which is growing in many parts of the world. Municipalism emerged in several cities of Spain as a result of 15-M and other social movements. These so-called ""cities of change"" served as an exemple to create successful municipalist platforms on an international level, as e.g. in France and in South-East Europe. Nevertheless, during the...
Democratic representation from neighbourhood to metropolitan level
July 26, 2021 16:21 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/3ug1YryBSac === Democratic representation from neighbourhood to metropolitan level === Why are so many public positions still unelected? In towns and cities there are many levels of government where the ability of citizens to vote is very limited, creating a growing call for greater participation in the institutions that represent us and govern the places we live, from the neighbourhood level to metropolitan level. In this session, we'll...
Educomunicación: contra el cártel mediático - Educomunication: against the media cartel
July 26, 2021 16:21 - 1 hour - 69.9 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/m3ioOyV0NPA === Educomunication: against the media cartel === The old polis have become technopolises that make us permanently interconnected and mediate all our actions. They censor dissent so that the world is drawn from the ambitions of those who control knowledge. We discuss Educommunication, that wants to reverse the media cartel and preserve the communication ecosystem as a space for human and social development where we can all ge...
Ciudades al rescate del derecho a la información
July 26, 2021 16:15 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/a2AtsgHzJmA === Cities to the rescue of the right to information === How should the cities react to the challenges of globalization and the progressive concentration of private media? How can we ensure that social movements can broadcast information? Are local public media necessary? Barcelona is one of the few cities in the world that has a public platform, Betevé, for television, radio and internet, as well as citizen cooperatives fo...
Cities taking care of the planet
July 26, 2021 16:14 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/U3q8suZgTw4 === Cities taking care of the planet === Is it possible to have a local economy that puts caring for people and the planet at the center? We talk about how to build towns and cities that combine the well-being of all people with respect for the environment. === Ciudades que cuidan el planeta === ¿Es posible una economía local que ponga en el centro el cuidado de las personas y del planeta? Hablamos sobre cómo construir pueb...
Ciudades y puertos - Cities and harbors
July 26, 2021 16:14 - 1 hour - 79.9 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/mM1Ckz-uuBI === Cities and harbors === It has always been said that a city with a harbor is a city open to the world. But what is the relationship between ports and cities? We discuss the economic, social, cultural and political implications of harbors based on the experiences of several port cities. === Ciudades y puertos === Siempre se ha dicho que una ciudad con puerto es una ciudad abierta al mundo. Pero, ¿cuál es la interrelación...
Can we thrive without economic growth?
July 26, 2021 16:11 - 1 hour - 80.8 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/vn-tbeEfY7o === Can we thrive without economic growth? === Municipalist governments face a dilemma when dealing with the systemic crisis we are facing. Should they opt for degrowth policies, for green growth or, like Amsterdam, for imaginative solutions such as Doughnut Economics?. We will discuss these three models and how to apply them in the context of the Next Generation EU funds. === ¿Podemos prosperar sin crecimiento económico? ==...
Are lobbies all-powerful? - ¿Son los lobbies todopoderosos?
July 26, 2021 16:10 - 1 hour - 55.2 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/rqLrkPJTM0M === Are lobbies all-powerful? === Lobbies are a signficant obstacle to progressive municipalist policies. Many vested interests are opposed to rent control, the remunicipalization of water and to limits on hotel constructions. How can we challenge these powers for real social change? What is the role of cities, regional and state governments and the EU? === ¿Son los lobbies todopoderosos? === Los lobbies son un obstáculo im...
Una oportunitat per impulsar un nou canvi de model als nostres pobles i ciutats
July 26, 2021 16:08 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBDes del món local estem elaborant polítiques transformadores i que mitiguin el canvi climàtic. La taula exposarà com, des de municipis com el Prat de Llobregat, St. Feliu de Llobregat o Pallejà, es pot transformar des del respecte al medi ambient, l’urbanisme transformador i la Nova Agenda Urbana i la participació ciutadana, alhora que millorem la vida de la gent des del Govern de l’Estat. ===== More info about #FearlessCities2021 at https://www.fearlesscities.com Follow us on https://twi...
A journey through the history of municipalism
July 26, 2021 15:21 - 1 hour - 77.7 MBWatch it on YouTube with subtitles: https://youtu.be/q3Jj2Js6Zvg === A journey through the history of municipalism === Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. In this session we'll take an exciting tour through the history of municipalism alongside people who have studied it or lived through it first hand. We'll explore the examples of Spanish municipalism in the early 19th century, Italy’s Take Over the City movement of the 1970s, progressive cities in the US under ...